The return : Russia's journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev / Daniel Treisman.

First Free Press hardcover edition.

New York : Free Press, 2011.

xi, 523 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Drawing on two decades of research, Treisman analyzes the paradoxes in Russian politics and society, illuminating why the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. wasn't more violent, the repercussions of the Chechen wars, the "sacred place" vodka holds in the Russian imagination (and its pernicious effect on Russia's demographics), and how, 20 years after the fall of communism, relations between Russia and the U.S. remain so frosty. Yet as Treisman convincingly argues, most of the world's international problems--nuclear proliferation, Islamic terrorism, global warming--will be difficult to solve without Russia's help.

English

February 07, 2011

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991-